Eritrean-Ethiopian War

The Eritrean-Ethiopian War (6 May 1998-25 May 2000) was a two-year border war fought between the poor East African countries of Eritrea and Ethiopia. Eritrea broke international law by launching an invasion of Ethiopia to resolve a minor border dispute, mobilizing 150,000 troops to fight against Ethiopia's much larger army of 350,000 troops. The Eritreans failed to capture the disputed Badme region, and they were driven back by an Ethiopian counterattack; the Ethiopian army proceeded to advance into southern Eritrea. In 2000, the Algiers Agreement ended the war, with Ethiopia resuming to occupy Badme, even after the United Nations decided that the area belonged to Eritrea. Between 19,000 and 150,000 Eritreans and 34,000-150,000 Ethiopians were killed in the war, with the casualty range varying from around 70,000 to 300,000; the useless conflict had cost the two destitute countries hundreds of millions of dollars.